Hello, Do you know the relationship of Capt. John K. Harrison to Diannah Harrison d/o Benjamin Harrison and Ann Williams ? Thank you, Malinda Jones Elizabeth Harris wrote: > [Reposted for Joy, who isn't currently on the subscriber list. Please > reply to her <EUZELIA@aol.com>, not to me. > > Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:13:23 -0800 (PST) > From: EUZELIA@aol.com > To: Hunsucker-L@rootsweb.com, NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > Adrianne, > I have from the book *North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865* the following > information. > > Company I, 37th Regiment > This company, known as the "Mecklenburg Rifles," was raised in Mecklenburg > County and was enlisted at Charlotte on October 22, 1861. It was mustered > into state service on November 20, 1861, and was assigned to the 37 Regiment > N.C. Troops as Company I. The company functioned thereafter as part of the > 37th Regiment, and its history for the remainder of the war is reported as > part of the regimental history. > The information contained in the following roster was compiled principally > from a company muster-in roll dated November 20, 1861, and from company > muster rolls dated January-April, 1852; June 30, 1862-February 28, 1863; and > July, 1863-February, 1865. No company muster rolls were found for November > 20-December 31, 1862; May 1-June 29, 1862; March-June, 1863; and March-April, > 1865. Valuable information was obtained from primary sources such as the > North Carolina adjutant general's Roll of Honor, discharge certificates, > medical records, prisoner of war records, pension applications, and Civil War > histories, cemetery records, and records for the United Daughter of the > Confederacy also provided useful information. > > Captains > John K. Harrison > Moses N. Hart > John Irvin Elms > William M. Stitt > > Hunsucker, James A., Private > Previously served as Private in Company D, 42nd Regiment, N.C. Troops. > Enlisted in this company at Liberty Mills, Virginia, January 28, 1864, for > the war. Wounded at or near Gravel Hill, Virginia, July 28, 1864. Returned > to duty in November-December, 1864. Captured near Petersburg, Virginia, > April 2, 1865. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until released on June > 28, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. > > Hunsucker, John W., Private > Born in Mississippi and resided in Mecklenburg County where he was by > occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Mecklenburg County at age 17, > October 22, 1861. Reported absent without leave in February, 1862. Returned > to duty on an unspecified date. Wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland on or about > September 17, 1862, "but was not in the battle." Reported absent without > leave in November-December, 1862. Returned to duty in March-August, 1863. > Deserted to the enemy on or about March 3, 1865. Sent to Washington, D.C., > where he arrived on March 7, 1865. Released on an unspecified date after > taking the Oath of Allegiance. > > Hunsucker, William J., Private > Born in Mississippi and resided in Mecklenburg County where he was by > occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Mecklenburg County at age 20, > October 22, 1861. Wounded at Shepherdstown, (West) Virginia, September 20, > 1862. Returned to duty in January-February, 1863. Wounded in the thigh at > Chancellorsville, Virginia, on or about May 3, 1863. Returned to duty in > September-October, 1863. Present or accounted for through February, 1865. > Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia, April 13-15, 1865. > > Joy > > Elizabeth Harris > state coordinator, NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Discussion on this list is restricted to NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY only. > Please do not post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, etc. > For comments or list administration questions, contact the list manager at <ncgen@mindspring.com> > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.